The train left the platform and we were off.
"Hey uhh. What's your na? I'm Jay by the way."
The light skinned girl looked at and smiled.
"Nice to et ya Jay. I thought you'd never ask. My na is Talia, this is Cori."
She pointed to the man. He nodded at with a small grin.
I nodded back.
"Well, nice to et both of you. Do you live in the city?"
Talia rolled her eyes.
"For the mont, yeah. We've been traveling through a few regions these last few months. The goal is to see the whole country and making good money while we're at it."
Cori looked at the ground. He was an odd guy.
"Ahh okay. So you two have been to many other places... If you don't mind sharing so knowledge with , what are the guilds like in the big cities?"
Talia's eyes perked up.
"So you want to join a guild? You're a D Class Hunter. Pretty much any small guild will pick you up and give you a decent contract, there's hundreds of them in the city."
"Yeah, I assud so. What about the bigger guilds? Do you know anything about them?"
"Well, there's a couple pretty big guilds in Vice city. The 3 main ones are invite only, you probably wouldn't ever even be able to walk through their doors without being at least a C Class hunter with so kind of crazy skill."
I looked at her with curiosity now. It's not just small talk anymore, this is interesting.
"What are their nas?"
"Uhhh let think. There's the Viridian Guild, that's the biggest one in Vice City right now. The Luna Guild and Fury Guild are definitely tied for a close 2nd."
I grinned and nodded. I turned to look at the cent walls flying by out the window.
"Interesting. I bet they have access to so really neat dungeons"
I could see Talia's reflection in the window like a mirror, she made eye contact with and continued talking.
"Yeah but we're just a couple of D Class Hunters. Even if they have scouts everywhere in this city there's no way they'd reach out to us."
"Yeah, yeah. I can dream."
She grinned.
"Screeeeeech."
We made it to the troll dungeon.
The escalator up was exactly the sa as the dungeon I visited yesterday. At the top there was a very similar room with a floating blue portal at the back.
Talia and I drew our swords, Cori stretched his arms and got into a readied state as well.
We all jumped through.
This is definitely a new dungeon environnt for .
The ground is moist and the air is very humid. There are small swamp patches everywhere I look.
The moss slls weird and pond grass rose up to my knees everywhere I stepped. Thankfully there are no bugs in sight, that's a relief. I hate bugs.
When I look out far into the dungeon I can see thousands of trees. Most of them are pretty short and have long green vines hanging off their sagging branches.
This is honestly a pretty gross dungeon, I should have done a bit of research before I agreed to co. I'm definitely going to have to do a deep wash my boots, or just buy a whole new set of clothes after this raid...
When I squint my eyes I can make out the shadowy outline of what looks like a large tree in the back of the dungeon.
"Hey, have you guys been here before? What are these troll monster like, and is that a tree back there?"
Talia spoke up.
"Yeah we've been here a few tis this week with teams of 3 to 5. Trolls drop good mana. They're pretty tricky to kill, but with the 3 of us it shouldn't be a problem. We have two sword users."
"What about that tree?"
"Oh yeah, that's where the boss room is. I've never gone that far in, just heard the stories. Apparently it's a pretty tough boss, powerful magic."
I nodded.
"Okay. So we'll just stick around these parts for now and farm trolls. Got it."
She nodded.
Cori spoke up. This was the first ti I heard his voice. It was light and quiet.
"One enemy. 100m ahead."
He must have so kind of enemy detection skill. I activated mine as well to see what he was sensing.
A large creature was moving towards us at a consistent speed right in front of us like he said.
I readied my sword and started walking cautiously in the direction of the incoming opponent.
Cori backed up and Talia took the lead in front of him.
"It's just us fighting. Cori is our support type. He'll find enemies, then help with finishing them off. The actual combat will be handled by us. Okay?"
I nodded while keeping my eyes locked straight ahead. The creature was moving much faster now. It was less than 50m away.
The soft swampland makes it much harder to move around with ease. I'm going to have to focus on my footing a lot more during this battle.
Monts later I heard heavy footsteps splashing around in the muddy water less than 10m away.
Talia yelled.
"Its here! Immobilize the enemy and don't let your guard down for one second. Even if it looks dead keep your weapon ready for battle."
"Got it!
Talia was in a very serious battle mode right now. These trolls must really be no joke...
Monts later it finally ca into my view.
*GRUNT* *GRUNT* *GRUNT*
A nasty looking green creature ca out from behind a wet sagging tree. Its arms were very long, they were almost touching the ground. The sll coming off this beast was similar to rotting flesh.
It had a wide nose and its bottom teeth grew out like small tusks.
The monster stood around 3m tall, each of its fingers had long claws that looked as sharp as knives. It was a nacing creature, but I've faced much scarier looking opponents before.
I used inspect to see what I was really dealing with here.
[Lv. 148]
This monster is a few levels higher than , but I'm sure with Talia's help it won't be too difficult to defeat.
"Alright it's ga ti Jay. Let's do this!"
We both stood in front of the disgusting creature as it charged forward.
"CRRRUUAAARR!"
The troll made a shrieking sound as it started to swing its arms and charged towards us.
It had a very irregular and awkward movent style. This worked in its favor I guess. It was harder to tell which way it'd swing its arms at any given mont.
The troll was quick, but I was definitely quicker.
It looked strong... but just by the way it moved I could tell I was much stronger as well.
How could this thing be a higher level than ? This seems way too easy.
I out ran the monster and made a quick doge to its right. Its clawed hand flew passed as I maneuvered myself behind it.
This creature isn't the smartest tool in the shed either...
Talia dodged to the left and the beast started eyeing her.
It made an odd jerking motion and started sprinting towards her and away from .
Talia could definitely handle this mindless beast herself, but I wanted to show her that I can pull my own weight.
First impressions are everything.
I readied my sword and followed the monster as it hobbled away.
I planted my right leg on a hard bit of ground making sure not to get stuck in the mud and jumped forward straight at the toll's backside.
"Shinnnggg"
"THUDDDD."
I landed a picture perfect slash directly to the back of the monster's neck. Its head ca clean off and landed in a patch of moss.
I stared down at its disgusting head and its body fell into a shallow swamp behind .
I looked over to Talia with a satisfied smile on my face.
"Well, that was easy. Clean hit right?"
For so reason she didn't look happy for ... I spoke up and tried to lighten the mood.
"Co on!! You're upset I took the first kill or sothing?"
She still didn't even crack a smile. Talia just stood there holding her sword straight ahead looking off in the distance behind .
"Stay alert Jay! I told you. Don't underestimate these things."
I stared back at her with a confused look.
Then I heard movents of another troll.
They must travel in pairs... or even groups..? Is this what Talia ant?
I turned around and my eyes went wide.
This is not what I was expecting at all.
The body of a troll was climbing out of the shallow swamp... yes, just the body.
I gripped my sword tightly and stared at the abomination before my eyes.
The troll I had just killed... seemingly ca back to life and its ready to fight again!
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